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Readout-Integrated Time-Bin Qutrit Analyzer for Echo-Based Quantum Memories

Adrian Holzäpfel*, Antonio Ortu, and Mikael Afzelius

  • Département de Physique Appliquée, Université de Genève, Genève CH-1211, Switzerland

  • *Corresponding author. adrian.holzaepfel@tum.de
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Phys. Rev. Applied 19, 024074 – Published 28 February, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.024074

Abstract

We present a method to project time-bin qutrits stored in an echo-based quantum memory using several successive partial readouts of the memory. We demonstrate how this scheme can be used to implement projections onto a full set of mutually unbiased bases and, therefore, enables the characterization of arbitrary quantum states. Further, we study the integration of this protocol for the case of atomic frequency comb spin-wave storage by simulating the full storage process and performing a storage experiment with bright time-bin pulses in 151Eu3+:Y2SiO5. In this context, a compound pulse for implementing partial readouts in quick succession is introduced and characterized.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 19, 024074– Published 28 February, 2023
  • Received 30 March 2022
  • Revised 9 December 2022
  • Accepted 26 January 2023
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